"Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose."

-- Sophie Kinsella

#Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes #Manhattan Quotes

“It is, of course, clear that a country with a large foreign population must endeavour, through its schools, to assimilate the children of immigrants. It is, however, unfortunate that a large part of this process should be effected by means of a somewhat blatant nationalism.”
“The ones that make it complicated never get congratulated”
“I notice that most of the men who tease me about my hair, don't have any.”
“My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.”
“This message (that attempting to beat the market is futile) can never be sold on Wall Street because it is in effect telling stock analysts to drop dead.”
“That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my chest. That's thrilling to me.”
“Well I'm always working on constantly everything. I never take the approach that I'm doing as well as I possibly can... I always think there's more and I think if you don't have that, you are not driven to be better.”

Source : "An Interview With Kelly Slater!". Intensity Magazine Interview, www.bodybuilding.com. July 29, 2004.
“We make too much of that long groan which underlines the past.”

Source : Derek Walcott (2014). “What the Twilight Says: Essays”, p.68, Macmillan

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